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w-word

w-word noun: the word whore.

Noun (1)

w-word (plural w-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word whore.
  2. (euphemistic) The word wank or wanker.
  3. (euphemistic) The word wetback.
  4. (humorous) Any word beginning with the letter w that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, such as the word work or woman.
    • 'We're going mining,' said Lister. 'We're not in the heats of "Come Jiving", we're going to work.'
      'Hey - I do not do the "W" word.'
      'We're all doing the "W" word,' said Lister.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

Noun (2) capitalized: W-word

W-word (plural W-words)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of w-word.

Forms of w-word

pluralw-words
alternative formW-word
pluralW-words

Questions about w-word

What does w-word mean?
W-word means the word whore.
What part of speech is w-word?
W-word is a noun.
What is the plural of w-word?
The plural of w-word is w-words.

Words near w-word in the dictionary

  1. W-shaped recovery
  2. w-shingling
  3. w-shinglings
  4. W-sitting
  5. w-w
  6. w-word
  7. w-words
  8. w.
  9. W. A.
  10. W. Aust.
  11. W. Glam.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: w-word (page history and authors); W-word (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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